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Monday, May 24, 2010
Posted by Siobhan Quinn at 1:49 PM
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Personalized home stamps!

Thanks to Design Sponge and my friend Michelle, I learned of Holly's Houses. A small company in England that makes personalized stamps of your home.

One of my favorite things is finding the perfect, personalized gift. Can't wait to order these for Christmas next year!

Monday, February 22, 2010
Posted by Siobhan Quinn at 9:39 PM
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Oxfords

Women's Oxfords are everywhere right now.... and though I like the idea and preppy fashion in general I am hesitant to buy a pair. For some reason I feel they are unflattering. We'll see... I'll probably be sporting a pair in a couple weeks :p

Saturday, January 23, 2010
Posted by Siobhan Quinn at 3:53 PM
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Labels: fashion, shoes

Where did they get those clothes?

At the risk of sounding horribly immature, this post is about Gossip Girl (my favorite guilty pleasure).

At the end of each Gossip Girl episode, a few seconds are spent telling viewers what songs were featured on the show, and how they can buy those songs. What I don't understand is, why don't they do the same for the fabulous clothes featured on the show???

For months I've been scouring Gossip Girl Fashion to discover the latest garb worn by my favorite characters, only to discover that the item is sold out as soon as I've found it. There is a huge demand for anything worn by the fashionable Upper East Side characters. Even Target has recognized it, and has launched their own Gossip Girl fashion line.

Identifying these clothes, and then finding where to buy them, is still a very manual process. With such high demand, why aren't the networks partnering with designers to streamline this? The opportunity doesn't only apply to Gossip Girl, from Mad Men to iCarly, design lovers and young girls alike would be clamoring for clothes worn by their idols. (Actually, Banana Republic did partner with Mad Men - good for them!)

Fashion seems like one product placement opportunity that I actually want as a viewer. I am sure others are thinking about this opportunity too. Meanwhile, a lot of wallets are waiting. :)

Note: Seen On is another site links viewers to clothing featured on popular shows. But they are only able to list a small subset of the fashions worn.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Posted by Siobhan Quinn at 12:14 AM
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Labels: fashion, gossip girl

"We Feel Fine": The Book!

We Feel Fine is "an exploration of human emotion on a global scale". And now it's also a book.

Built by friend Sep Kamvar, and Jonathan Harris, We Feel Fine continuously crawls recent blog posts for expressions of human emotion, looking for phrases like "I feel" and "I am feeling". The project then groups and slices these emotions along different demographics, giving us a picture of what people are feeling around the country and the world.